diff --git a/el8/Dockerfile.buildtime b/el8/Dockerfile.buildtime
index 7ee4dd4..1e78e1c 100644
--- a/el8/Dockerfile.buildtime
+++ b/el8/Dockerfile.buildtime
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ RUN dnf install --disablerepo=epel -y perl-Carp perl-PathTools perl-Data-Dumper
           perl-IO-Compress &&\
     dnf install --disablerepo=epel -y tar rpm-build git nspr nss rsync wget openssl-devel ncurses-devel \
           libX11-devel readline-devel tcl-devel tk-devel mesa-libGLU-devel libXext-devel libXft-devel \
-          libXpm-devel java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel java-11-openjdk-devel libtool gcc-c++ libnsl &&\
+          libXpm-devel java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel java-11-openjdk-devel libtool gcc-c++ &&\
     dnf --enablerepo=powertools install -y texinfo &&\
     epel_pkgs="@EPEL_PACKAGES@" &&\
     if [ -n "$epel_pkgs" ] ; then dnf install -y $epel_pkgs; fi &&\
diff --git a/el8/Dockerfile.runtime b/el8/Dockerfile.runtime
index c4e6770..4947f63 100644
--- a/el8/Dockerfile.runtime
+++ b/el8/Dockerfile.runtime
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ ADD CERN.repo               /tmp/CERN.repo
 ADD RPM-GPG-KEY-kojiv2      /tmp/RPM-GPG-KEY-kojiv2
 ADD fix_ssh_config.sh       /tmp/fix_ssh_config.sh
 
-RUN dnf install -y @DEFAULT_PACKAGES@ bash tcsh glibc glibc-headers libxcrypt openssl-libs libcom_err krb5-libs ncurses-libs perl \
-          perl-libs libX11 readline tcl tk mesa-libGLU libglvnd-glx libglvnd-opengl libXext libXft libXpm libaio &&\
+RUN dnf install -y @DEFAULT_PACKAGES@ bash tcsh zsh glibc glibc-headers libxcrypt openssl-libs libcom_err krb5-libs ncurses-libs perl \
+          perl-libs libX11 readline tcl tk mesa-libGLU libglvnd-glx libglvnd-opengl libXext libXft libXpm libaio libnsl &&\
     dnf install -y python2 python3 which procps-ng &&\
     dnf install -y epel-release &&\
     dnf install -y @EPEL_PACKAGES@ apptainer &&\
diff --git a/el8/config.yaml b/el8/config.yaml
index 353f5e1..5aa47d3 100644
--- a/el8/config.yaml
+++ b/el8/config.yaml
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ groups:
   runtime:
     docker: Dockerfile.${group0}
     from: library/almalinux:8
-    variables:
-      SKIP_TESTS: true
     groups:
       x86_64:
         tags: